Metropolitan King County Council

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 48 items

1. 1 Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council meetings in person in Council Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend and/or provide comment remotely are listed below. HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY: The Council values community input and looks forward to hearing from you. Testimony must be limited to items listed on the agenda for council action, unless it's the fourth Tuesday of the month, when the Council will hear general comment on matters relating to county government. You are not required to sign up in advance. There are three ways to provide public testimony: 1. In person: You may attend the meeting in person in Council Chambers. 2. By email: You may testify by submitting a COMMENT email. If your testimony is submitted before 10:00 a.m. on the day of the Council meeting, your email testimony will be distributed to the Councilmembers and appropriate staff prior to the meeting. Please submit your testimony by emailing clerk@kingcounty.gov. 3. Remote attendance on the Zoom Webinar: You may provide oral public testimony at the meeting by connecting to the meeting via phone or computer using the ZOOM application at https://zoom.us/, and entering the Webinar ID below.
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3. 3 CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR Webinar ID: 890 5838 1493 If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the meeting by calling 1 253 215 8782 and using the Webinar ID. Connecting in this manner, however, may impact your ability to be unmuted to speak. You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services, please contact our Equity and Social Justice Coordinator, Tera Chea at (206) 477 9259 or Tera.Chea2@kingcounty.gov, three (3) days prior to the meeting. If you do not wish to be called upon for public comment during the meeting, please help us manage the callers and use one of the options below (Live Streaming or King County TV Channel 22). HOW TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING: There are several ways to listen to the meeting if you don't wish to provide public testimony: 1. Stream online via this link: https://kingcounty.gov/kctv, or input the link web address into your web browser. 2. Watch King County TV on Comcast Channel 22 and 322(HD), and Astound Broadband Channels 22 and 711 (HD). 3. Listen to the meeting by telephone – See “Connecting to the Webinar” above.
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5. 1 Call to Order
6. 2 Roll Call
7. 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
8. 4 Approval of Minutes of March 18, 2025
9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
10. 6 Special Item
11. 11 Proclamation of March 31, 2025, as Transgender Day of Visibility in King County
12. 12 Proclamation of March 2025 as Women’s History Month in King County
13. 7 Public Comment
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15. 15 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
16. 16 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-14
17. 17 Consent Items 8-9
18. 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into a renewal of cable television franchise 5602 with WAVEDIVISION I, LLC, for a period ending July 31, 2033. 2024-0409 Passed Pass
19. 9 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a lease amendment to support the operation of natural resources and parks. 2025-0012 Passed Pass
20. 19 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
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22. 21 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
23. 22 Consent Items 10-11
24. 10 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Amy Calderwood, who resides in council district four, to the King County board of ethics. 2024-0407 Passed Pass
25. 11 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Nicole Cain, who resides in council district six, to the King County Museum of Flight Authority board of directors. 2025-0042 Passed Pass
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27. 25 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
28. 26 Reappointment Consent Agenda Items 12-14
29. 12 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Annu Luthra, who resides in council district nine, to the King County children and youth advisory board. 2025-0029 Passed Pass
30. 13 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Teresa Platin, who resides in council district nine, to the Washington state boundary review board for King County. 2025-0050 Passed Pass
31. 14 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of the Honorable Ariana Sherlock, councilmember, city of Newcastle, who resides in council district nine, to the King County children and youth advisory board, filling a position nominated by the Sound Cities Association. 2025-0098 Passed Pass
32. 30 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
33. 15 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an airspace lease agreement with the Washington state Department of Transportation for land and facilities in the State Route 520 interchange at Montlake Boulevard for a term of twenty years with the possibility of two twenty-year extensions; and to take all actions necessary to implement the terms of the lease. 2025-0089 Introduced and Referred
34. 31 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
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36. 33 First Reading and Referral of Motions
37. 16 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Adrien Leavitt, who resides in council district two, to the King County public defense advisory board, representing areas or issues that may affect public defense clients. 2025-0091 Introduced and Referred
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39. 17 A MOTION confirming the appointment of LeAnn Blanco to the citizens' elections oversight committee as a representative sponsored by a junior taxing district or a city with a population of under twenty thousand. 2025-0099 Introduced and Referred
40. 18 A MOTION approving a job description for the position of director of the office of law enforcement oversight; and rescinding Motion 15790 and Motion 15790, Attachment A. 2025-0100 Introduced and Referred
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42. 19 A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 15998, Section I, as amended, and OR 3-120. 2025-0101 Introduced and Referred
43. 20 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
44. 40 Other Business
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46. 21 Capital Project Notice to Release Moneys Withheld by Proviso Per Ordinance 19712, Section 89, ER2 and P3.
47. 42 Adjournment
48. 44 Chair Zahilay announced the passing of Frank Chopp, former Speaker of the Washington State House of Representatives, for his lifetime of service to the people of Washington.